2022

Three weeks ago Saturday, I finally went back to the African dance class. Summer camp was in session, so the class was me and four eight-year-olds. They had so much energy. In the pause between dances, while I caught my […]

After writing about the container cabin, I was energized. Based on the emails some of you sent, you were, too. Even now, as I write this, thinking about the long cabin gets me excited. “What now?” “If I proceeded as

A few weeks ago, I was in a webinar with Jane Friedman and Dan Blank related to book marketing. Blank said that when someone asks you what your book is about, don’t launch into a description of the plot or

Some parts of a journey are downhill, with a light breeze at our backs. Some are uphill, over a rocky path and with the sun beating down on our sweltering heads, the empty rattle of the canteen reminding us that

As you know, Prince Tarkten has been in China, getting printed. It was to arrive via boat and then truck in mid- to late-September. The nine Prince Tarkten boxes were delivered just before I left on vacation. But. But I

The cabin is an airbnb in West Saugerties, New York. It is made from an 8’ x 40’ corrugated metal shipping container, perforated with oversized windows. I stayed there for two nights because I wanted to find out if a

There is too much undone stuff, not just the big stuff, like figuring out how to manage the physical distribution of Price Tarkten or recording the audio version of Sweet Baby Lover. There is too much stuff in the bottom

We are in this place again, the place where a theme has wrapped up—in this case, GOADS—and I don’t know what to write about next. Here’s what I know: you will be patient with me because you have been patient

It’s weird to live in the present and at the same time be with Trent two decades ago. This was supposed to be a simple process. Record the audio version of Sweet Baby Lover, because I had promised someone I

My accountability buddy (Adam, in Israel!) recommended the Huberman Lab podcast. Because another friend (Laurie, a Ph.D. psychologist!) had just lost her beloved dog, I listened to an episode about grief. I also wanted to understand my own history with